A ComprehensiveBAseBAndGenerAtorAnd
ChAnnel emulAtor

Engineers designing, integrating and verifying receiver signal processing components and devices today face a
critical challenge. They must keep pace with
the rapid design changes imposed by their industry while dealing with the ever-increasing
pressure to be first-to-market. Unfortunately,
evolving and unclear standards complicate this
challenge, leading to design uncertainty and

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making it more difficult for engineers to meet
their schedules. Receiver signal processing test
must be performed, but testing to the standard
is not enough. Corner cases must also be tested
and that testing must take place early in the development cycle, a process that requires either
broad or no limits on test parameters. Without
such testing, devices can fail under real-world
conditions, causing significant rework downstream.

Addressing these challenges is the main goal
of the Agilent N5106A PXB baseband generator and channel emulator (see Figure 1). As
well suited for engineers working on product
development as it is for those conducting advanced research, the PXB can keep pace with
rapid design changes and evolving standards by
testing receiver signal processing to standards
and beyond. It is the only instrument that combines up to 12 DSP blocks—software-defined